Former President Donald Trump has vowed to create a Space National Guard if reelected to the Oval Office in November, a policy position that has become highly politicized this year and is opposed by the Air Force, Space Force and the current White House administration.
At an event hosted in Michigan on Monday by the National Guard Association of the United States — a lobbying arm supporting the reserve service’s goals and objectives — Trump, the Republican nominee in the current presidential race, promised to back and support legislation for a “Space Force National Guard,” a major policy project supported by the group, and was met with applause from the crowd.
“The time has come to create a Space National Guard as the primary combat reserve of the U.S. Space Force,” Trump said. “As president, I will sign historic legislation creating a Space National Guard.”
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Trump’s endorsement of a Space National Guard comes as the issue hit a boiling point this year after the Space Force decided to go in a different direction.
The Space Force has not opted for a National Guard model, like the Army and Air Force, to maintain a reserve force and instead had legislation signed into the law in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act allowing the creation of a part-time, active-duty service model — a brand-new idea.
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